On 25/02/2013 kadlugan wrote:>I believe the pillars of the bolte are actually hollow, with stairwell>access to the top of them. 90ms high. They dont connect to the bridge itself.

Correct.

>Looks like the only way onto them is boat.

There's access from the base, with a ladder, and from the roadway too though it's about 3m across the void. The high angle rescue guys had a drill there not too long ago and said the views were pretty amazing.

I don't get it, why are you guys fantasising about this weird shit? They're not going to let you bolt holds and bolts all over bridge pylons. Even if they did, it'd be a huge admin hassle and they'd charge you through the arse to climb on it. Is this Kalugan dude trying to set it up as a business venture?

Anyone who flies from australia to europe and wastes a day climbing plastic on a dam wall (instead of climbing one of the 1000's of excellent multipitch rock routes available over there) is a fuching idiot!

On 25/02/2013 One Day Hero wrote:>I don't get it, why are you guys fantasising about this weird shit?

because we are at work, and on Chocky, and that is what Chocky is for.

>Anyone who flies from australia to europe and wastes a day climbing plastic>on a dam wall (instead of climbing one of the 1000's of excellent multipitch>rock routes available over there) is a fuching idiot!

I have climbed many multipitch rock routes. I have climbed no dam walls. If I go to Switzerland, I'd like to do both.

In the early 90's a couple of naughty adelaidian's got busted and taken to court for adding a climb to the Sturt river gorge dam wall. The few that did the routes before they got taken down confirmed the three star ratings, unfortunately they didn't survive long enough to make it into any guidebooks.

then the hole got discovered which is a much nicer texture for chipping.

On 25/02/2013 ajfclark wrote:>If they aren't structural I think your chances of being allowed to climb>them would go up.>>I found this picture of a giant squid while trying to track down that>aiding photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kranked/113029381/